With OK from Congress, US hemp market set to boom
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December 14, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hemp is about to get the nod from the federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves.
A provision of the farm bill that received final approval in Congress on Wednesday removes hemp from the list of federally controlled substances and treats the low-THC version of the cannabis plant like any other agricultural crop. THC is the cannabis compound that gives pot its high.
President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law next week.
The change sets the stage for greater expansion in an industry already seeing explosive growth because of growing deman...
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